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By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — To say Chauncey Dixon is Leroy’s tower of power is perhaps an understatement given what happened after the tower collapsed in the third period against Elba Monday. Dixon, the Bears’ 6-3 junior center, was enjoying a dominant performance with 13 points and 14 rebounds and had helped Leroy to a 29-24 lead when she crashed to the floor with 4:23 left in the third period. Dixon’s cries of pain echoed throughout the chilly, silent…
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By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Micah Caster’s early foul trouble might have kept No. 1-ranked Jackson from disposing of Andalusia in the first half. But Caster, the Aggies’ leading scorer, shoved the No. 9 Bulldogs toward the exits at Garrett Coliseum when the season weighed on his shoulders. Caster’s long 3-pointer off a screen gave Jackson the lead for good with 2:19 remaining and the Aggies went on to win their 17th straight game, a 65-58 victory Monday…
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By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Jazmine Jones made sure there would be a tomorrow for herself and her Jackson teammates, scoring the first six points of overtime to lead the No. 4-ranked Aggies past Orange Beach 54-48 Monday in the Class 4A girls South Regional semifinals. Jackson (29-4) plays T.R. Miller (22-4) for the fourth time this season in Wednesday’s 4 p.m. regional final at Garrett Coliseum, with the winner going to the state tournament in Birmingham. The…
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By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — UMS-Wright fought back from a 12-point deficit to tie it late but Escambia County’s Stephen Williams made sure the Bulldogs got no further. The 6-9 senior center scored on back-to-back lay-ins to break the tie and finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Blue Devils to a 43-35 win in the Class 4A boys South Regional semifinals Monday at Garrett Coliseum. “(Williams) is a man,” UMS-Wright coach Michael Napp said. “He…
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By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — In his first season at UMS-Wright, coach Terry Canova took his girls team to Brewton and broke T.R. Miller’s 56-game home winning streak, although he was blissfully unaware of the feat. “I had no idea at the time,” Canova said. “It’s probably a good thing or we’d have had that pressure.” In Monday’s Class 4A South Regional semifinal, Canova’s team was on the cusp of another monumental victory over the Tigers, building a…
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By ARTHUR L. MACK Hewitt-Trussville offensive coordinator Juan Johnson was named Baker High School’s new head football coach on Thursday, athletic director Daniel Kertis said. Johnson, a native of Brewton and a graduate of T.R. Miller, will replace Steve Normand, who retired last month. The hire must be approved by the Mobile County School Board. “We’re excited,” Johnson told the Call News. “It was always going to be a family decision and my wife and three girls talked about it…
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By JIMMY WIGFIELD Legendary Auburn split end Terry Beasley was truly a timeless player with matchless physical gifts to go with plenty of heavy mettle. “If he could have been transported from the 1970s to 2024, he’d be just as successful today,” teammate and fellow receiver Dick Schmalz said. “Terry was unbelievable. He could be full speed in two or three steps and turn on a dime. It was a horrible combination for DBs. It was hammered…
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“The frustration tormented him. I can’t imagine being told how great he did and Terry not being able to fully remember what he had done, not feeling good and not being able to do what he used to do, not being able to fully remember and enjoy what he did.” Former Auburn receiver Dick Schmalz Alabama’s Tommy Wade had just inflicted the kind of hit that all defensive backs crave. Lumberjacks get the same satisfaction when they…
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SARALAND — Perhaps we should have known Ryan Williams wasn’t going to be an ordinary person all the way back when he was in kindergarten in Saraland. His grandmother, Catherine Williams, pulled out a memory that could have foretold how he ended up on a stage at Saraland High School surrounded by his family on Wednesday and finally, officially, put his signature on a scholarship to play football for Alabama. “When he started in kindergarten, the other students were…
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By JIMMY WIGFIELD When Mobile Christian defensive coordinator Charles Lawson was introduced to the team as the Leopards’ new head football coach Tuesday afternoon, the assembled players leaped to their feet and applauded. “It was the kind of reaction you’d hope to have,” Mobile Christian head of school Clint Mitchell said. Lawson, 44, succeeds Ronnie Cottrell, who announced his resignation Monday after leading the Leopards to a 15-0 finish and the Class 3A state championship in 2023. “He gave me…
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